Expired chip cards such as giro cards or credit cards do not belong in the household waste.
Read here how to dispose of them instead.
If an
EC card * is
no longer valid, the owner may not simply throw it in the trash.
Instead, the cards must be disposed of properly, as Faz.net reported in November 2019.
The rule isn't entirely new, but a little reminder can't hurt.
Officially,
expired bank and credit cards with the chip are
considered electronic devices for disposal.
And it is well known that they do not belong in the household waste, but are disposed of - such as
old cell phones or broken computer mice
in the
local
recycling or
recycling
center.
Debit or credit card invalid: cut the old cards
If the old girocard or credit card is obsolete, you should first cut through it, as the inside-digital.de portal also advises.
To make sure it is no longer used.
However, expired cards
would be blocked by the system anyway.
This also applies to a termination.
Before you decide to dispose of the card, you should also ask the bank again, advises the portal.
If she wants to take over the disposal.
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Dispose of old EC cards: Take plastic scraps to the recycling center
However, banks are not obliged to take back old cards, as Faz.net also reported, even if that would be more convenient than a trip to the city or municipality's recycling center.
After all, some municipalities would provide their own containers for devices with sensitive data, and also for the
chip cards
or the plastic scraps that were left over from them.
One possibility: First throw the old EC card (cut up) into a box with the disposed of small electrical appliances at home and then bring everything to the recycling center when the opportunity arises.
(ahu) * merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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